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Brazil Celebrates ‘I’m Still Here’ Oscar Win as a ‘Milestone’ in Its Movie Industry Surge
Walter Salles' Oscar-winning ‘I’m Still Here’ is part of a Brazilian film revival driven by generous funding and other major festival prominence.
After celebrating its three Oscar nominations for Walter Salles’ “I’m Still Here” with the same excitement it normally reserves for the soccer World Cup, Brazil went into overdrive when it took home the best international feature statuette. At February’s Berlin Festival, Brazil’s State of São Paulo, noted by Variety as a burgeoning production epicenter home to projects like Netflix’s “Senna,” also announced an ambitious Audiovisual Industry Development Plan. Even before it won the international feature award at the Oscars, Brazil was chosen as the country of honor for the upcoming Cannes Film Market which runs alongside the festival in May.
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